In May 2024, the 4th International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) took place in Antigua and Barbuda under the theme of “Charting the course toward resilient prosperity”. The conference, which aimed to assess the ability of SIDS to achieve sustainable development, resulted in an intergovernmentally agreed 10-year roadmap for SIDS, the “Antigua and Barbuda Agenda for SIDS: A Renewed Declaration for Resilient Prosperity”.
Earlier in 2024, the SIDS Future Forum 2024 gathered policymakers, researchers, development partners and community leaders in a collaborative effort to begin building this 10-year roadmap. Discussions were underpinned by a series of 12 working papers commissioned by the Resilient and Sustainable Islands Initiative (RESI).